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*''Bengal District Gazetteers''. See [[Gazetteer titles]] for more details about the various editions.
**[https://archive.org/details/bakarganj01jack ''Bakarganj''] by J C Jack 1918. [https://archive.org/details/howrahomalley01omal ''Howrah''] by L. S. S. O'Malley and Monmohan Chakravarti 1909. [https://archive.org/details/manbhum01coup ''Manbhum''] by H Coupland 1910. [https://archive.org/details/murshidabadbylss00omaluoft ''Murshidabad''] by L.S.S. O'Malley 1914. [https://archive.org/details/mymensing01sach ''Mymensingh''] by F A Sachse 1917. [https://archive.org/details/nadiagarrett01garr ''Nadia''] by J H E Garrett 1910. [https://archive.org/details/shahabadbylssoma00omal ''Shahabad''] by L. S. S. O'Malley 1906. All Archive.org .
**The Digital Library of India has many [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?order=asc&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&page=1&group_by=none&etal=0&filtertype_0=title&filtertype_1=title&filter_0=Bengal&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=District&filter_relational_operator_0=contains ''Bengal District Gazetteers''] available as pdf downloads, which also now appear on Archive.org, as [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Bengal+District+Gazetteers%29&sort=-date&page=1 ''Bengal District Gazetteers''] including [http://www.new.dli..ernet.in/handle/2015/55896 ''Hooghly''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55896 Archive.org] 1912 and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55773 ''24 Parganas''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55773 Archive.org] 1914, and [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279685 Howrah] Archive.org. Some Districts are catalogued without the word ''Bengal'', or the spelling of ''Gazetteer'' may vary, such as [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/23100 ''Rajshahi District Gazeteers''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.23100 Archive.org] 1916.
**Various ''Bengal District Gazetteers'' are available as pdfs to download on [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library] under the subject category such as Gazetteers and Gazeeteers, the latter includes [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/handle/10689/10903 ''Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas''] by L.S.S. O'Malley 1914.
**'''Restricted access''': For those in North America and some other countries, volumes may be accessed on the [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006214589 Hathi Trust Digital Library], catalogued according to a volume number, but see [[Gazetteer titles|separate list]].
**''Eastern Bengal District Gazetteers'', or ''Eastern Bengal and Assam District Gazetteers'' The majority of the files are pdf downloads from the Digital Library of India
::[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279951 ''Bogra''] by J. N. Gupta 1910; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55782 ''Chittagong''] by L S S O'Malley 1908. Also available as a [http://eap.bl.uk/database/overview_item.a4d?catId=183537;r=27529 British Library EAP file] (Tiff images, may require a plug-in); [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/17066 ''Chittagong Hill Tracts''] by R Hutchinson 1909; [https://archive.org/details/daccaallen00alle ''Dacca''] by B C Allen 1912 Archive.org.; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/32873 ''Dinajpur''] by F W Strong 1912; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/33153 ''Jalpaiguri''] by John F Gruning ICS 1911; [https://archive.org/details/noakhali00webs ''Noakhali''] by JE Webster 1911 Archive.org.; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/228203 ''Rangpur''] by J A Vas 1911; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55784 ''Tippera''] by J E Webster 1910
::Also available on Archive .org: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Eastern%20Bengal%20%20District%29 ''Eastern Bengal District Gazetteers''] plus [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33153 ''Jalpaiguri'']
*[http://revenueharyana.gov.in/html/mainchild/gazetteers.htm Gazetteers Of Haryana], previously part of Bengal, and of Punjab. Haryana Government website. Some links are available as searchable pdfs, others are in html format. Includes [[Delhi]] District 1883-84, 1912; [[Kurnaul]] (Karnal) District 1892, [[Umballa]] (Ambala) District 1883-84, 1892, 1923-24
*[[Bombay (Presidency)#External links|''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency'']] Volumes 1-27, 1877-1904 Archive.org. For [[Sind]], see below.
*[[Madras (Presidency)#External links|''Madras District Gazetteers'']]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/andamanandnicob00unkngoog#page/n8/mode/1up ''The Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Local Gazetteer''] 1908 Archive.org
*''Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series'' published in 1907. Digital files are mainly pdfs to download, Digital Library of India, with mirror versions on Archive.org.:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/39423 ''Zhob District'' Vol. I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39423 Archive.org version]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279670 ''Loralai District'' Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279670 Archive.org]- [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/181773 2nd file], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181773 Archive.org]; [https://archive.org/details/sibidistricttext00mccouoft ''Sibi District'' Vol. III] by Major A McConaghey IA 1907 Archive.org; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279669 ''Bolan And Chagai'' Vol. IV and IV A], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279669 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/181791 ''Quetta-Pishin District'' Vol.V], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181791 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/22668 ''Sarawan, Kachhi And Jhalawan'' Vol. VI], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22668 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279674 ''Makran'' Vol. VII], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279674 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/211169 ''Kharan'' Vol. VIIA], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211169 Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279673 ''Las Bela'' Vol.VIII], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279673 Archive.org].:Volume 9 is an Index to Volumes 1-8, but does not appear to be generally available online. Viewers in some countries, probably including North America, may be able to access volumes on the Google Books or [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006214587 Hathi Trust] websites, including Volume 9.
*''Bihar and Orissa District Gazetteers'', published 1917-1933. Earlier editions were published as ''Bengal District Gazetteers''. Mainly pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
:[http://www.new.dli..ernet.in/handle/2015/279711 ''Champaran'']; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/93207 ''Cuttack'']; [https://archive.org/details/hazaribagh00list ''Hazaribagh''] by E Lister 1918 Archive.org; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281287 ''Monghyr'']; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279713 ''Palamau'']; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281288 ''Puri'']; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/48665 ''Ranchi'']; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/279714 ''Sambalpur'']
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